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Electricka's Resource Shelf |
An electronic bibliography of arts-related
institutions; people; traditional and computerized reference works such as
dictionaries and encyclopedias; bibliographies of books, readers guides,
sound and video recordings, films, and much more. The Shelf also lists
arts-related institutions, people, facilities such as museums, performance
halls, theaters, and performances. Many of these resources are
reader's aids that can be used on line. |
Electricka's Resource Shelf |
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Works In The History Of Western Art |
A searchable and sortable table containing
the names of scores of
artists, their works, and movements in the Western fine arts tradition. |
Capsule History Of Western Art |
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Movements In Western Art |
A searchable and sortable
table that identifies the most significant and prominent arts
movements that have arisen in the Western art tradition and the
periods in which each movement occurred. It briefly describes the
salient characteristics of each movement |
Capsule History Of Western Art |
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Western Artists |
A searchable and sortable
table that identifies works by important or prominent artists in the
Western art tradition and identifies the main art movement each work
represents or expresses. |
Capsule History Of Western Art |
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Latin Terms |
A searchable and sortable table containing hundreds
of definitions of Latin words, phrases, quotations, and abbreviations.
In addition to definitions, the table offers you information about the
origins of the terms it contains, their sources, alternate
translations and meanings, explanations, comments, and other kinds of
useful and informative items |
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Latinisms |
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Animal Group Names And Descriptors |
A searchable and sortable table that may surprise or amuse you. For
example, did you know that one of the names for a group of pigeons is
a dropping? One may speak of a dropping of pigeons.
The table contains a list of the popular and common names for many
different kinds of animals (e.g., ape, baboon, ass, and bat). One or
more group names for each animal is supplied in most cases. For
example, shrewdness and troop are terms used to refer to
a group of apes—a shrewdness of apes; battery is a term
used to refer to a group of barracudas—a battery of barracudas. The table also contains a
descriptive term (genre or class name) for most of the animals. For
example, a sparrow is a member of the passerine family. |
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Animal Sex And Progeny Names |
Many animals have different
names for the male, female, and young. For example, a male alligator
is a bull; a female alligator is a cow; and a baby
alligator is a hatchling. This aid is a searchable and sortable table of such names. |
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Sailors & Sailing |
Sailing, sailing over the
bounding main... Bound with the muses as they translate nautical terms
into English; keep time with ship's bells; bone up on all sorts of
sailing miscellany, from superstition to fact, from the time of the
trireme to today's nuclear aircraft carrier. If you're reading or
writing about sailing and the sailor's life, you'll be glad you did. |
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Proofreaders' Marks |
Proofreaders' Marks is a multi-page list containing most of the
standard proofreader marks you are likely encounter when writing. These marks are especially useful to a writer
whose work has been edited and who needs assistance with interpreting
an editor's markups. Entries contain a description of a correction or change an editor might
request and the graphic symbols that represent the change. Examples
are included. Proofreaders' Marks is contained in a file
organized in PDF format. Proofreaders' Marks is aimed primarily at writers but is also helpful to
editors and avid readers. |
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Prizes For Literature |
Prizes treated in this feature are awarded by recognized institutions and agencies. Historically, each
institution has concentrated on a specific branch of literary endeavor and
each has adopted a characteristic name for its prize. |
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Glossary Of Literary Terms |
An
automated literary glossary containing a large number of definitions of a
variety of different kinds of literary terms. These definitions are arranged
in the form of an automated table. A visitor can conveniently search table entries for occurrences of a text string that
represents and expresses his literary interests. Look for an explanation of
the Glossary and directions for how to use it at The Muse Of Literature's
page called
Literary Terminology - Glossary Of Literary Terms:
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Literary Terminology— Glossary Of Literary
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Literary Forms |
Here, The Muse Of Literature explores authors and works that are strongly
associated with a specific form of literature. Examples of authors and works
of literature characterized by their form are novelists, short story
writers, literary dramatists, poets, essayists, and their principal works. The Muse also explores issues and questions related to the subject of
literary form. |
Technical Aspects of Literature |
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Literary
Genres |
Here, The Muse
Of Literature explores authors and works strongly associated with a specific
literary genre or themes and subjects. Examples of authors and works characterized by
or associated with genres are Isaac Asimov (Science Fiction), Zane Grey
(Western Fiction), J.R.R. Tolkein (Fantasy), Agatha Christie (Mystery
Fiction), and Stephen King (horror). The Muse also explores issues
and questions related to the subject of genre in literature. |
Technical Aspects of Literature |
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Literary Periods |
In these pages, The Muse Of Literature explores authors and literary
bodies of work from the point of view of the period—the
time and place—in which they are written. The authors
and works explored here are strongly associated with a specific
national or regional literary tradition. The Muse also explores the idea of literary period itself, as well as literary
issues that arise because of literary periodicity and location. |
Technical Aspects of Literature |
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People First-Name Equivalents |
The Muse Of Language Arts presents a table of people-first name equivalents.
With the help of this table, if you know a person's first name in one
language, you can find the equivalent name in any one of a number of other
languages. If you're an author seeking to find just the right name for a character,
you'll be able to search the table for ideas. |
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